Raf
Since Cyrano de Bergerac’s fantasies lead us to dream, Jules Verne sent us From the Earth to the Moon (which is uncannily similar to the real Apollo Program), and Buck Rogers appeared in 1928 in Amazing Stories, outer space tripping is getting closer… as long as you have a couple of billion dollars for paperwork and enough time for years of training.
If I wasn’t so determinated, I’ll surely apply for a spaceman carreer, but I swore that I’ll go to the Moon -or Tattooine, only in the Millenium Falcon or another such cool ship. When that happens, I’ll stop writting and become a smuggler.
Now, as a hired IT with nothing else to do (I really hate this guy, makes me feel useless!), I’m getting superfun surfin’ the Web, and visiting my favorite sites, like NASA’s. And guess what I found, an excelent documental of the Evolution of the NASA Spacesuit.
I can’t help laughing at the weirdests outfits used in real science, like this Proyect Mercury suit (1959) looks like a baked potato, can you imagine? You go to this fancy french restaurant, order the Cordon Bleu stake and waiter ask ‘would you like to order our special John Gleen potato sider, monsieur?’
I think the coolest thing in these suits are the boots, Surely they inspired KISS, and I love KISS.
Project Apollo changed that silvered-knight-style and lead space fashion to a flat colored gear. I mean, this was the sixties, man! Where are the colors, where are the psychedelic Andy Warhol’s inffluence? The Seventies added some color and -I must say- I like it a little… but -and here’s my complain- why this stoopid marshmallow look? I mean, remember Stay Puft Man from Ghostbusters? Add a Donal Duck’s hat and it’s the same guy!
This is one of the dumest models: wore by John Young and Robert Crippen in 1981, and where are the rock-star boots? Come on! Gold is good in a watch or in a ring -even a tie- but who’ll wear all in gold? Cher and C-3PO maybe? At last C-3PO uses a silver leg and Cher… well she wore ONLY ear rings, wich is cool!
Space-look is not the same than Space Luke. The shuttle crew’ suit is cooler but not as much as Luke Skywalker’s Red Five suit. And, you know what? space shuttle’s is nicknamed the “pumpink suit”, I wouldn’t use it even in Halloween!
Future looks nicer, but not really “in”, I guess this is a technical issue and not a lack of creativity. Even I’m entusiastic about space missions, the little child inside me shouts aloud: Yeah, but Han Solo kicks ass with his savage outfit… and MF it’s the ship that made the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs!
N.B. NASA guys and spaceship crews inspire me respect and admiration. They do a terrific job here and there. Please, don’t missunderstand me, ’cause I only make jokes ’bout people I like, just as this peanut-brained boss o’ mine!
July 2, 2008
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